Privately Issued 10 Cents Coin from Cincinnati in the United States of America, (1862-1863)
Also known as: Particuliere munt van 10 cents uit Cincinnati in de Verenigde Staten van Amerika, (1862-1863)
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1862 - 1863
Privately issued coin, an encased postage stamp, held in a copper-nickel frame. Obverse: under a transparent thin layer of plastic, an American postage stamp of 10 cents, green with portrait of George Washington [?].
Reverse: as legend at the top, company name: Ellis Mc Alpine & Co and at the bottom state [location] indication: Cincinnati. Inside, inscription in six lines. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-5185A; its record gives material recorded as nickel (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 2.4 cm x weight 2.46 g. Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- nickel (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- diameter 2.4 cm x weight 2.46 g
Design
- Obverse
- under a transparent thin layer of plastic, an American postage stamp of 10 cents, green with portrait of George Washington [?].
- Reverse
- as legend at the top, company name: Ellis Mc Alpine & Co and at the bottom state [location] indication: Cincinnati. Inside, inscription in six lines.
Identification
- Original title
- Particuliere munt van 10 cents uit Cincinnati in de Verenigde Staten van Amerika, (1862-1863)
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- KOG-MP-1-5185A
- Museum classification
- coin
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- Issue or mint date
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- Material
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- Mint or printer mark
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Catalogue references
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